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Professionalizing the police : the unfulfilled promise of police training / Nigel G. Fielding.

Author/creator Fielding, Nigel
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Descriptionx, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subject(s)
Series Clarendon studies in criminology
Clarendon studies in criminology. ^A351584
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Professionalism and Police Training -- 2. Mission and Challenges -- Defining and Measuring Police Work -- Policing Strategies -- PACE and Suspect Populations -- Racism, Hate Crime, and Terrorism -- Ruptured Communities, Polarization, and Disaffiliation -- Mythologies of New Governance: More Powers, Fewer Constraints -- 3. Twenty-First Century Policing? -- Managerialism and Organizational Structure -- Managerial Agendas -- Technology -- New Challenges of Law Enforcement and Order Maintenance -- Community Policing -- 4. Contemporary Training System -- History of Training -- Auxiliaries -- Detective Training -- Supervisor and Management Training -- Direct Entry -- 5. Experience of Training and its Aftermath -- Pedagogy -- Socialization -- Wastage and Advancement -- 6. Does Training Produce Professional Policing? -- Corruption, Misconduct, and Complaints -- Diversity in the Police Organization -- Sickness and Stress -- Public Confidence and Trust -- Professional Competence and Training -- 7. New Policing Landscape -- Topography of the Police Landscape -- Training to Negotiate the New Terrain -- Police and Higher Education -- Professional Practice?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-268) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Other formsAlso available in electronic format.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Issued in other formElectronic version: Fielding, Nigel. Professionalizing the police. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780192549730
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018942485
ISBN0198817479 (hardcover)
ISBN9780198817475 (hardcover)
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